alight (up)on



alight (up)on

1. To land or rest upon something. The large black crow alighted on the telephone wire high above the street. As he walked into the room, his eyes alighted upon a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress.
2. To arrive at a thought or idea. The engineer alighted on a mathematical solution to the problem he'd been trying to solve all week.
See also: alight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gyneth-Literature
Iason-Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Olabode-Western African, Yoruba
Muhamed-Bosnian
Valli-Hinduism
Aveza-Ancient Germanic